Peter Lawler

So I know you haven’t missed me. But I’ve been really sick with a virus or food poisoning or something. Plus I went on a complicated road trip for the first time for a while, visiting . . . . Continue Reading »12Nov2013

So here’s another rough and dirty SNIPPET from my upcoming lecture on the FREE AND RELATIONAL PERSON AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION. The judicial movement to understand the person less . . . . Continue Reading »8Nov2013

So I appreciate a couple of criticisms I got of my semi-ironic presentation of Tocquevillian WAVISM below. That wavism, we can say, can be reduced to the proposition that democracy emotionally . . . . Continue Reading »5Nov2013

So on Wednesday, November 13, Ben Storey of Furman will talk at BERRY COLLEGE on TOCQUEVILLE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. There will also be a seminar/light dinner featuring Ben, my TECHNOLOGY class, and some . . . . Continue Reading »2Nov2013

Well, speaking of THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and THE VELVET REVOLUTION, we wonder, with Havel, whether political life can be about living in the truth. Pete is probably right about our two real . . . . Continue Reading »31Oct2013

Here’s a story featuring the man who ran THE MAGNOLIA MEAT MARKET in my Rome, GA. He blames President Obama for his business failure, and he’s going to hunker down until we have a new . . . . Continue Reading »29Oct2013

First off, I would like to WELCOME Flagg Taylor and Michael Davis (aka PSEUDOPLOTINUS) to the highly competent and effective TEAM POSTMODERN CONSERVATIVE. Other change you can believe in is around . . . . Continue Reading »25Oct2013

Well, I agree with Carl that the data in the study about the Japanese aversion to sex is suspect. On the other hand: What I say doesn’t really depend on the data so much. The phrase . . . . Continue Reading »22Oct2013